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today - Steam loco restoration - IRTE
tomorrow - Bath Railway Society
24/01/25 - Westbury Station reopens
24/01/25 - LTP4 Wilts / Consultation end

On this day
8th Jan (1991)

Cannon Street buffer stop collision (link)

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
A new image - or a new set of images? « 1 2 »	grahame	25	16301	April 24, 2012, 20:09:00 by ellendune
"Meet the bidders" presentation in Plymouth	woody	12	11282	April 24, 2012, 13:56:33 by The SprinterMeister
Some thoughts on near and far future possibilities « 1 2 3 4 »	grahame	51	32504	April 23, 2012, 16:48:16 by RichardB
Bristol 50?	grahame	12	7835	April 20, 2012, 10:55:00 by eightf48544
Watching Panorama ... « 1 2 »	grahame	20	12433	April 19, 2012, 21:11:38 by Tim
Cardiff-Portsmouth & Worcester/Gloucester to Weymouth - Keep or Split? « 1 2 3 »	Lee	35	23884	April 16, 2012, 21:52:51 by The SprinterMeister
Department for Transport Consultation - TransWilts CRP Submission	grahame	5	5636	April 10, 2012, 18:59:28 by grahame
Greening says new franchise will offer rail users a better deal	Lee	1	2410	March 19, 2012, 12:45:52 by Rhydgaled
Devon Metro Project	FlyingDutchman	10	8941	March 15, 2012, 14:16:56 by FlyingDutchman
Rail group calls for investment on Exmouth line	RichardB	9	5711	February 27, 2012, 17:39:53 by FlyingDutchman
TfL wants control of all London rail services	Surrey 455	13	8196	February 24, 2012, 09:03:14 by Lee
A franchise specification for growth?	ellendune	2	3922	February 20, 2012, 11:06:01 by paul7575
It's full speed ahead for 'half-baked' rail scheme (Morning Star 12/01/2012)	JayMac	11	8314	February 16, 2012, 06:33:06 by eightf48544
The next Greater Western franchise - learning from the past	grahame	8	6824	February 15, 2012, 12:21:37 by eightf48544
BBC Online - Cornwall article	Kernow Otter	8	6472	February 11, 2012, 12:21:56 by ChrisB
Chancellor confirms Intercity Express Programme is going ahead.	Chafford1	3	4454	January 26, 2012, 09:02:36 by Rhydgaled
What can we learn from experience of previous franchise changes?	grahame	0	2698	January 23, 2012, 18:48:00 by grahame
Fares - what is included in the franchise / what is free for the incomer to set?	grahame	1	3008	January 23, 2012, 16:16:05 by inspector_blakey
Services under the next Franchise - how to specify them?	grahame	8	7771	January 16, 2012, 11:32:51 by eightf48544
Cutting less used stops in the new franchise? « 1 2 3 »	Lee	30	21787	January 13, 2012, 13:29:29 by eightf48544